BRADMAN'S RECORDS
By scoring 253 runs against Worcestershire, Don Bradman, the Australian cricketing captain, registered his third successive double century against this county in the opening match, of the Australian team's tour of England. Don Bradman was born in 1908. He has played in 23 test matches against England, scoring a total of 3406 runs, including 12 centuries, at an average of 89.63 runs an innings. Altogether, • in 33 test matches he has scored 4659 runs, including 18 centuries, at an average of 97.06 runs an innings. Here are a few of his records in test cricket: (1) Most hundreds; (2) most double hundreds. (10); (3) .four hundreds in a series twice; (4) hundreds in four consecutive tesl matches twice; ! (5) three double hundreds in a series; (G) two centuries over .300; (7) most runs in a seines (974'); (8) most runs in England-Australia matches in .England; (9) most runs in test cricket by an Australian; (10) 1000 runs in his first seven test matches.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 5 May 1938, Page 12
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165BRADMAN'S RECORDS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 5 May 1938, Page 12
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